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MEMOF^vI A L in^:CC)RD 



OLDIE R^S OF '3e I^L I N , 



GREAT REBELLION, 



WITH THE EXERCISES AT THE DEDICATION OF THE TABLETS 

OF THE DECEASED, .^lEMORIAL HALL, AND 

THE TOWN HOUSE, 



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"i; MUSIC. 

Reading the Sr/'//jh//-rs, (ind Incocution, 

\\y Kk\ . W. A. IIoTtaiTON. 

MUSIC. 
Bepori^ BnH(lini> (Unnnriffce, 

By Du. E. IIautshoun. 

Address (iccepfiiig the Building, 

Bv II(<N. Wm. Bassktt, Chairman of the .Sel(^ctiiK'n. 

Dediccdovy rrn,jr,: ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ Xonhhon.u,h. 

MUSIC. 

McfUOriul Address, H, Rkv. Mh. H.>ro„TOX. 

.Iddress ilelinriiKj the Tahlefs io the Toirii, 

By Rii.KY Smith oi' tlie Tahk-t Committee. 

The Trust accepted hy the Setectmen, 

Through H. D. Ccinux, transferring them to the eare of Post o4. (i. A. R. 

Bephj Of iJ'c ^^*>^^^ 

TIn-oiigli their Post Commanch-r, K. H. Haktsiiou.n. 

MUSIC. 
PoeiH, hi) Josiah Dride. 
Reiuarhs of . \tr. . Irteiiias Banns on ihe early 

History of Ihe Town. 
Beaiarlis/jy Fi'iends, Citizens, and ,\'oa-resi- 
dent Xa tires of tlie Toira. 
MUSIC. 



Introductory Reinarks. 

BY DR. E. HARTSHORN. 



The Hall having been well filled, Dr. Hartshorn, Chair- 
man, at 1 1-2 o'clock called the meeting to order by a few 
remarks explanatory of the building, and of welcome to 
the non-resident natives and citizens of the town, who hon- 
ored the occasion by their presence. He remarked that 
they were well taught in Berlin schools to read and write, 
and at the old town-house to vote, but were never taught 
there to vote till they could read and write, nor to vote any- 
where with any discpialification. Remembering their ex- 
perience in the old building, with its discomforts, they could 
imagine the pleasure which resident citizens might enjoy in 
their corporate capacity, surrounded by the conveniences 
of the new house. 



Report of J3uilding Co/vl/viittee. 

BY DR. E. IIAllTSIIOUN, Chaikmax. 



Mr. Chairman : 

Introductory to the })t't'uniary part of the report of our 
stewardship in the construction of this huilding. which it is 
our privilege now to make to }ou. and throu<ijh you to this 
assembly and the town, allow us to advert brietiy to the his- 
tory of tlie old town-house, and the discussion that gave 
rise to the new, as matters of interest, perlia])s. to some 
present not ac(puiinted with tlieni. 

The fathers of this town built their iirst and for the times 
a very liberal town hail, in the year 1S31, For that pur- 
pose they appropriated a 'Siun not exceedin<»; !5^50(), above 
the underpinning." 'i'imothy Bailey. Ephraim Babcock 
and.!. I). Merriani. all of wlioin long since deceased, were 
the building connnittee. Abram Babcock, contractor and 
builder, still lives. The only furniture of the building was 
a stove presented by .1, 1). Alerriam; the seats, few in num- 
ber, were constituted ])arts of tlu' building. That l)uilding 
for many years was tlunr prid(>. and answered well their 
purposes ; but for a number of y(Mrs there has Ijeen a grow- 
ing desire to erect a more modern and commodious struc- 
ture, and the necessity for a |)lac(M)f deposit for the soldiers' 
tablets aided to cement all o))i)osiug views in harmony. 

This town lias alwavs been liberal ; were it doul)ted. look 



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at her school-houses, her miUtary record, her tablets, her 
taxes so willingly borne, and now at this house, wjiich we 
thmk not unworthy of her past history. 

After discussing more expensive plans, the general out- 
line of this building was recommended to, and adopted by 
the town by a full vote, und } our committee were instructed 
to construct this building at a cost not exceeding f6,500, 
including the land. The idea, of a decent, not to say ap- 
propriate building for such a sum was as thoroughly ridi- 
culed, as was the capacity of the committee. We were 
however cheered and encouraged at the outset, by a gift of 
the land from an honored native and descendant of the orig- 
inal stock of the town, Mr. Artemas Barnes of Worcester. 
The town promptly returned thanks officially, and will be 
ever indebted for his liberality. The spot we deemed emi- 
nently suitable, and posterity will approve it. The owners 
of the old horse-sheds, which marred the beauty of our 
common and nearly destroyed the value of this land, should 
be commended for their readiness to yield at once for their 
removal. Thanks are also due to the religious society for 
allowing free use of their grounds, for the same purpose. 
The sheds were removed and fitted up at considerable ex- 
pense, it is true, but no witty criticisms upon their removal 
or upon the spot will abide the test of time. If nothing- 
had been gained but the removal of this unseemly blemish, 
the expense would be well repaid. 

The principles upon whicli this particular plan of econ- 
omy and style were ado])ted, were briefly these, viz : The 
old hoiise accommodated the town, with a regular growth, 
more or less perfectly, for thirty-nine years, and the plan 
adopted in this building may convene the same proportion- 
ate growth as long. But if by fortunate enlargement of 
business its growth sliould be more rajjid. then it will have 
the wealth of that growth to expend anew. Again, a build- 



iiig like this is iiiorc iipju-oprijitc in (•()nij)aris()!i witli our 
humble style of buildinii^s, and for many years may remain 
so. Still again; the style of arehiteetuic and the taste of 
the citizens might change witli time, increasing business 
and -wealth. Our old house was as consonant with the 
taste, style, necessities, desires, and conveniences even, of 
our fathers, as this will be with ours. Thirty years some- 
times work great and unanticipated changes in a tlirifty 
town. We hope for great things, but have not the positive 
assurance of them. Once more, a small audience in a hall 
lik(> this, (and comparatively small will be the audiences 
here for some years at least) — we say a small audience Avill 
enjoy more, and be more inviting to a speaker, than the 
same audience in a hall large enough for the crowd that 
may flock here weekly thirty years hence. The pleasure 
during these years of an audience-room proportioned some- 
what to the size of the jindience, will compensate the 
expense of a new house at the end of that time, if neces- 
sary. Upon the basis of these principles we built ; n])on 
the same reasoning we invite your criticism of the size, the 
style, the plan, the convenience, the fixtures, the furniture, 
the arrangements in general, hoping you may, charitably at 
least, approve our work. 

For the l^uilding Committee allow me to say, personallv. 
that perfect liarmony and entire oneness of feeling has l)een 
manifested in all their deliberations, and tli(\v liave the 
thanks, at least, of their chairman. 

To you, sir, and the board of Selectmen individually, we 
return thanks for very numerous cheering words of support, 
encouragement and co-operation, and also to the citizens 
generally who have sJiowu their coutidence in us. ;iud our 
work, by approving remarks. 

Especially are our thanks due to the contractors, Messrs. 
S. H. Hastings, J. E. Sawyer and Addison Iveyes, who have 



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roiiipletcd this work to our entire satisfaction. During the 
(>ntirc ])rogross of the building Ave have not had occasion to 
find the least fault with any point of their work. We com- 
mend tliem as men of skill, who from thoroughly con- 
demned material a beautiful stnu-ture can raise. 

In conclusion. JNIr. Chairman, we cheerfullv aive this 
house to your care. We are not ashamed of it. nor would 
we essentially alter it if we coidd. AVe undertook its erec- 
tion with fears, but our doubts have been crowned with suc- 
cess beyond our hopes. I Land it over to the town with our 
best wishes. AVe shall soon ])ass away. A few for a very 
few years Avill remember that many weary hours were spent 
in planning and arranging this structure, then none will be 
left >\ho will care who did it. Year after year the people 
will conu^ up liere to transact important business for the 
town, tlu^ state, and the nation ; our hope is that they may 
do it in all good conscience. Here they Avill listen to men 
of elo(pience in science and morals, and may they give heed 
to then- uistructions. Should false doctrines ever be taught 
here, may they fall as if on stony ground, where they will 
take no root. ' Afay prosperity till this house, so that long 
before autHher thirty-nine years elapse, the growth of the 
town may ('(nnpel the erection of a larger, nobler strnctiu*e. 
May tlie (Homing generations remember that they are some- 
what indebted to their fathers, and especially may they re- 
\ere their fathers" (lod. and we will be content with our 
mission as we are crowded off the stage. 

Allow us to report with pleasure, that the entire cost of 
this building (including another coat of paint and blinds 
painted and hung) abovc> the underpinning is f 6.000. The 
cost of removal of sheds and their repau*. the titting of the 
ground, and the foundations so far as completed, is ^446.64 
— making in all ^^t), 446.64. as the entii-e cost of the proper- 
tA". The cost of furniture at the time the toAATi voted to 



Address Accepting the JBuilding. 



BY HON. WM. BASSETT. 



Mr. Chair.man : 

Sir, — It is ever cause of gratnlation when those engaged 
in the public service, in the discharge of then- duties have 
faithfully executed the trust confided to them, and whose 
chief aim has been, with an eye single to the public good, 
fully to carry out the will of the people. Permit me then 
to extend to you an assurance of the high satisftiction which 
the people of this town (so far as I may represent them) 
have of the manner in which you and those associated with 
you on the committee, have planned and finished this house 
so well fitted for the convenience of the town. We are 
aware that you have had some difficulties to encounter — 
some obstacles to overcome ; but your energy and persever- 
ance have been equal to the occasion, and to-day the verity 
of the estimates presented have been completely sustained, 
and the tax-payers of the town have been agreeably sur- 
prised to find that their committee have been enabled to 
bring the cost of the building within the sum asked for. 
At the beginning there was a diversity of opinion as to the 
general ])lan and details, but as the work progressed more 
unanimity of feeling was expressed, and now scarcely a dis- 
senting voice is heard. The building in its exterior is hum 
ble and un])rotonding, and in general accord with the sur- 



rounding buildings in the town ; but in its interior it is be- 
lieved to combine the greatest amount of convenience at the 
least possible expense, and is well calculated to supply the 
present and prospective wants of the town. 

The town was greatly in need of the conveniences fur- 
nished by this house, for social and municipal purposes, and 
also on festive and public occasions ; and it was but in ac- 
cordance with the progressive spirit of the age, this resolu- 
tion of the town, to give to themselves, to the officers of the 
town and to the soldiers returned from the late war, a suit- 
able place for meeting and consultation ; but not least was 
it the intention that a more fit place should be prepared for 
the reception of the soldiers' memorial tablets, which are 
to transmit to future generations the names of those who 
perished in the great rebellion, lighting for the preservation 
of our liberties, that we might have a "government of the 
people, for the people and by the people ;" and in conclu- 
sion permit me to say that the abihty and fidelity by you 
manifested in the erection of this house, is duly appreciated 
by those who in the beginning reposed full confidence that 
their committee chosen for the purpose was equal to the task 
imposed on them. 



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build was cstiniatod at .^1,000. Much bettor furniture and 
fixtures than wore then coutcmi)hited have been proeurcd 
at an expense of 5^95"2.()0, making the entire cost of build- 
ing and furniture 5f^7,39y,64. 

Should the next town-house cost as much more than this 
as this has cost more than the old one, the amount will be 
5?100,00(), a sum which perhaps then will not be satisfac- 
tory to the sticklers for a costly town house. 

To you and yoiu- coadjutors we again return thanks for 
your kind aid in this enterprise, as we hand you the keys of 
this structure : may they always fall into as worthy hands. 

K. HARTSHORN, ) 

RILEY SMITH, I Huihlin,, 

SILAS SAWYER, \ 

GEO. H. BARNES, Cnmmittcc. 

DANIEL CARTWRKiHT, 



MEyvioi\iAL Addi\ess 



BY REV. W. A. HOUGHTON. 



Fellow-Citizens of Berlin : 

We do not expect that the 2d of March, 1870, will 
henceforth be especially memorable in Berlin for the dedi- 
cation of a town-house. Once we dedicated churches only. 
Once there were no town-houses to dedicate. Churches, 
very generally, served the purposes of town meetings, and 
these were about the only meetings aside from the Sabbath. 

I take it that Faneuil Hall is the oldest town-house in 
America, and that not quite a hundred and thirty years old. 
It would have been older, but the town of Boston, like 
some other ambitious boroughs, refused to accept it of the 
generous Peter on the conditions he made. The proposed 
"market" under it was the objection. Boston did not be- 
lieve in any such "notion." No town-house in our vicinity 
is over fifty years old. Our old one is less than forty. We 
honor our fathers for such a house as that ; but oiu* needs 
are much greater than in 1831. Not so much because our 
population has doubled as because our ideas have. Berlin 
is of the progressive towns. And to anticipate the more am- 
bitious Berlineans who shall take this house down or sell 
it, as we do the old, avo will here say, we hardly expect this 
comely edifice to satisfy the town in 1900. Our judicious 
committee put no memorials under the corner stone, lest the 



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lads who should \m\v seen them put in would also sec them 
takeu out. But we are willing to be judged, even in the 
twentieth century, by our present work. 

Religious dedication of public buildings is very suitable. 
Some may think it is secularizing religion. We think it is 
making secular matters properly religious. The pubHc ed- 
ifice, the private dwelling, the house of business, that can- 
not be religiously dedicated, ought not to be built. 

All our present public buildings have been built by the 
town — the church, the school-houses, this house and its 
predecessor. About one in ten of us remember the first 
"meeting-house." A few are living who were in childhood 
when it was raised. A huge pile of architecture it seemed 
to some of onr eyes when we first saw it in its decline. Its 
remains compose the frame-work of our neighbor Fosgate's 
barn. Sad end for the old sanctuary ; but honorable. 
Martyred soldiers' bones have been nsed for fertilizers. 

The church which adorns the common and the village 
was built when the to^vn was one parish, forty-four years 
ago. 

Public buildings are an index of the taste and spirit of a 
to-svn. We are ^\alling oui- fathers should be judged by the 
criterion, as we expect to be. 

Twelve years ago the town erected new school-houses in 
the five districts, at a cost of nearly seven thousand dollars ; 
just in time before the war. They have justly been a source 
of pride and of praise. 

The question of a new town-house began to be agitated 
before the war, but lay quiet, mostly, during that great bur- 
den and sorrow. Except for railway and new roads the 
question would have revived sooner. But the deciding 
point lay in the adoption of tablets and memorial hall for 
our dead soldiers, instead of a monument. No monument 
could be raised, satisfactory to tlic citizens, short of three 



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thousand dollars. Some preferred hall and tablets. The 
point was conceded, and the question of town-house was 
decided. 

The constructing committee make their report to-day, and 
I am sure the opinion which I express is not indiAddual, but 
common. We owe a special debt of grateful recognition to 
this committee-and the fiiithful executors of their specifica- 
tions, the builders ; and I know I but speak for the public 
when I make special mention of the chairman. The plan 
is essentially his. In style of finish he has had the co-op- 
eration of his colleagues and the builders, embracing pro- 
fessional good judgment. Only by the most judicious pur- 
chases and strictest watch and supervision could the house 
have been built for the sum reported. In all this, too, the 
judicious and honorable principle has been adopted to ex- 
pend, so far as economically practicable, the town money 
within the town, a thing (to moralize a little) this town has 
painful need of learning. Why send your money out of 
town needlessly, for professional skill or the commodities of 
life, when you can have the same at home I Every town 
ought to have its esprit de corps. Whoever refuses his pat- 
ronage to a good citizen, works against his own and the 
town's welfare. This liouse is a home production. 

A town-house and a to^vn-hall arc not precisely the same. 
Peter Faneuil did not count on "selectmen's room" and 
other such apartments, but on a meat market. W^e are not 
so sensual. Lyceums, literary associations, reading rooms, 
public libraries belong to these edifices. It is to be hoped 
that all these may yet pertain to our own. liCt this house 
be consecrated to all liberal improvement and culture ; and 
it is a hope of many that it may never be desecrated by 
uses injurious to the public. What depraves the morals of 
a people, in the youth, or others, is unprofitable every way. 
Mountebanks and jim crow dances do the least of their 



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mischief when they carry out of town and out of the ])ock- 
ets of our youth in a sin<:j;le niglit money to tlie amount of 
any young man's yearly savings. Better let your house 
stand close as the temple of Janus in peace. Such income 
will never equal what is carried out of town, even in money. 
The "town fathers" should not make a losing l)argain for 
their town family. You get ten dollars for tlie town, and 
the town is fifty dollars ])oorer. hy count of dollars. Wlien 
our own citizens us(> it. and take money one of another, that 
is interchange. Or a concert, a lecture, hy strangers, may 
leave in worth of intellectual wealth, more in value than 
they carry away in mone\ . But the fatliers of tlie town 
should be as judicious in all such interchange of \ alue for 
value, as the father of a famil} . 

Let this hall never be ruled by any illiberality of senti- 
ment. Let it be a ])lace of all generous culture — a ])lace 
of genial, social and refining enjoyments ; but not a means 
of public demoralization. 

We dedicate this prhicipal hall to town interests and 
uses, first of all. Few will be the assemblies here of so 
much importance as the "Town Meeting." In this hall 
annually, and repeatedly, the town will come together in 
that democratic capacity which, more perfectly than an) 
other, re})resents the connnon spirit of American institu- 
tions. Ue Toquevillc. that com])re]icnding Frenchman, was 
profoundly impressed witli the relation of the towns in 
America to the commonwealtli. The reality had been illus- 
trated in the action of towns iu tlie Ilevolutionar} struggle. 
It has been more forcibly illustrated of late. But our hope 
is that this hall may never resound with th(^ war cry as we 
have heard it heretofore. If need be. let that be lieard. 
But our hope is. and oui- jjiaycr. that national |)eace mav 
leave every town to the develojjment of their ow n interests 
and the enjoyment of tlieir own social priNileges. 



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The town meeting is an educator. Citizens, in this, en- 
ter jointly into consideration of the questions which mostly 
concern the public welfare. Narrow ideas are here liber- 
ahzed. Extravagant ideas are sobered. Steel encounters 
steel. The result is, generally, practical good sense. If 
any where men are " weighed," it is in the town meeting. 
The true wisdom of a poor man will outweigh the folly of 
any exalted position ; and every man's vote counts the same. 
The theory of such pure democracy is that every voter is a 
*'true man," and will seek only what he regards as the pub- 
lic good, and the vote is too sacred a trust to be used for 
personal or mere party ends. He whose eye is not on the 
public good in voting, is not worthy of the ballot. He 
ought to live where he can be ruled. 

The town meeting is not a debating society, and no un- 
necessary antagonisms should ever be made. But the neces- 
sary issues of all public questions call out the best powers 
of expression in any citizen Avho has thoughts to offer. 
Your speaker recalls town meetings of more than forty 
years ago, in the old meeting-house. I have ever since 
been more interested in town meetings than in any mere de- 
Ibating societies. I am mstructed by them to this day. I 
thought, forty years ago, that the fathers were great men. 
I appreciate them equally now. But the matters and busi- 
ness of this town today far exceed the responsibilities of the 
fathers, yet these interests do not suffer in present hands ; 
and after some observations abroad, I am glad to say of my 
native town, and of my own fellow-citizens, that I think we 
fall behind very few towns in the number, relatively, or in 
the ability of citizens, who can appropriately express them- 
selves, and ably discuss such questions as pertain to the 
public concerns. I have noticed, with pleasure, that we 
have a large number of citizens of apt ability to preside in 
our public assemblies with appropriateness and efficiency. 



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May the new facilities which this house offers us for various 
social, literary, or other public assemblages, become a new 
stimulus to our youth and young men to improve their vari- 
ous talents in such ways as shall be creditable alike to them- 
selves and to the public character of the town. It is but 
reasonable that this commodious and attractive public edi- 
fice should become a new bond of unity in the town. 

Fellow-citizens, this town is compact in territory ; very 
few ftimilies live two miles from this spot. We have sev- 
eral clusters of dwellings ; but none for whose interest it 
is to be separated, even socially, from the others. If we of 
the centre are more benefitted than others by this public 
improvement, it is not of a selfish gratification to us. The 
centre, I know, would that all could be equally benefitted. 
Our territory is so compact, and the centre so easily accessi- 
ble to every village at least, that some of us have looked 
forward in hope of a consolidation of our school districts 
into graded schools. 

The town has two railway stations, and hopes for a third 
better than both these. Business interests are making 
hopeful headway. It should be the object and effort of 
every citizen to promote it. Home interests should be the 
mutual effort of all citizens. We have no villages that de- 
she annexation to a more pretentious neighbor. None that 
deshe to set up for themselves in township. Any family, 
in a few years residence, may know every other family con- 
nected with the to^vn. For ten years past almost every 
Avinter examination of schools in each district has been at- 
tended by spectators from every other district in the town. 
The success and character of each school is a town interest, 
and I believe that every village is really interested in the 
prosperity of each. May no strife worse than a laAvful em- 
ulation ever exist. 

Citizens, personally, I rejoice in the eighteen years' re- 



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newed citizenship in my native toAvn. I have a home with 
you ; I have a burying place with you. But a minister's 
callmg is such as forbids him to give "commandment con 
cneringhis bones." I have read eloquent sermons introduc- 
tory to a minister's " first love," expressing ardent desire that 
the preacher might be buried among his "dear people." I 
have met these "fellow servants" years after, well clothed, 
as to their "bones," far from their dear people, as to local- 
ity, and farther still in heart. 

But I must say the thought is pleasant of being buried 
in my native town with my fellow-citizens ; yet my greater 
anxiety is to join Avith you all, Avhilc my citizenship contin- 
ues, in earnest co-operation in whatever shall be for the 
town's true interests. 

Will you alloAA' me, citizens, to say, representatively, that 
the day of religious acrimony is gone by. I hope you all 
hold your religious faith in a good conscience. But sure I 
am that difference of belief is no occasion of social animos- 
ities. It seems to me that a hopeful day is opening upon 
Berlin, as to social life and general prosperity ; and let us 
accept the kind providence of the God of our fiithers in 
the erection of this beautiful and commodious liouse, as a 
pledge of His good will to us as a pco])le, and as a bond of 
renewed union as a town. We extend greeting to those 
once of us, and with us for today. We send greeting to 
all such who are abroad. We are often cheered in reports 
of their worth to other communities. We greet our neigh- 
boring towns also, and rejoice with them in their prosperity. 

This house has another and peculiar bond of unity to 
this town : the Memorial Hall, commemorative of our hon- 
ored soldiers, deceased. This was tlie pivot on which 
turned the question of erecting this house at the present 
time. 

How far from our thoughts it was, in 1860, that in 1870 



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\\c should coiisoc-raU' our proposal new (Hliticc to tlio mcm- 
oiy of :i score of our youii<; nieu aud fellow-citizens, in 
honor of laying down their lives for us in the conflicts of 
war. Wliat years of history the last decade ! 

The opening act of war was read to a body of citizens 
at the ])ost-office before the coach bringing tlie mail of April 
I'Jth, 1861. had left the door. Few were the words spoken. 
But every man set his lips in defiance. 

The war fever took, at the flash, in Berlin. War meet- 
ings followed in ([nick succession. Young men did not fal- 
ter. The zeal was no fanaticism. In tears many resolved 
on the forbidding service. Scores were soon pledged. Had 
the way been clear, a full company of a hundi'ed would 
have been organized in this population of a thousand! Of 
course no man rouJd ai)pre]iend the coming realities, but the 
pledges were soberly made. Delays cooled ofl' im})ctuous 
ardor. But if less manifest, the tide of patriotism flowed 
in deeper channels. The impulse of patriotism that rolled 
over the land became like the still small voice after the 
thunder. There was no holy of holies in the household 
nor sanctuary which it did not enter. Thought of the 
strange work to which the} were called Avould have chilled 
the blood before the call came. Now it hurries up the life 
current, and gives nerve to manhood strength. The beauty 
of Israel was ready for the offering. Berlin was never be- 
hind in response, during the war — often in advance. We 
had, in all, in tlie terrible service, one hundred and thirty- 
nine men. Of these, twenty-two oftered up their lives on 
the fleld or in army service. 

We are gathered today in sj)ecial commemoration of their 
unselfish and patriotic valor. We meet to embalm their 
names. This house we e\j)ect will ])erish. The chaste 
marble that sjjcaks now may be destroyed. But we pledge 
ourselves in sacred honor and <;:rateful obli":ation never to 



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forget, but. ever to cherish the names and cliaracter of those 
who faced death and fell in his embrace for onr liberty. 
Their portraits which grace the same hall may fade from 
the material on which they are impressed in such life-like 
features, but coming years will only add to the honor in 
which they are now held. 

That we may liiore fully enter into this specialty of the 
hour, let me, in briefest manner, remind you of the 

THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE FALLEN. 

And let me say here, that the obtaining and. the verifica- 
tion of the necessary particulars is very difhcult. Our offi- 
cial returns have not been made in full. Such as were 
made are frequently incorrect, according to the testimony 
of soldiers. 

Captain " C. S. Hastings," a name for years as familiar 
in Berlin as the name of the town, properly heads the 
death roll of our deceased soldiers. Christopher Sawyer 
Hastings, son of Ephrttim and Achsah Hastings, was born 
in Lancaster, now Clinton, in 1814. Moses Avas the name 
by which he Avas called till ho Ixx-ame of age, when he 
changed it to Christopher. His childhood and youth were 
spent in Boylstou, whitlior Jiis parents removed. At twenty- 
one years he came to Bor; in, his father having purchased 
the Nathan Johnson estate. In 1840 he settled himself in 
the family state with Miss Cordelia, Bigelow of Marlboro', 
on the homestead which he so much adorned in various im- 
provements. He was a citizen in the true sense, active and 
enterprising — a man of cheerful social habits, and public 
spirited as a townsman. • His fellow-citi/ens l)estowed upon 
him important trusts, whicli ho c\ev met with fidelity. At 
the opening of the war his age exempted him from military 
service. His offering was voluntary. True, he had much 
at stake, with others. Bui he liad no doubt of the final is- 



sue. \vt he would not withhold his own prrsonnl service, 
lie enlisted in Co. I, ^3()th Reiijt. Mass. Vols., and entered 
into the service as captain, Sej)tenil)er. lS()-2. The re«^i- 
nient was ahont Harper's Ferry awhile, and th(> upper Po- 
tomac ; then at Fredericksburg', and under fii'e in that bat- 
tle, but not en^ai^ed. Their next service was in the south- 
western departnient. ('apt. IIastin<^s was with his reii^iment 
in the seige of Vicksburg. and three days in the engage- 
ment at Jackson. Here Ik* sickened, and was left behind 
the regiment, on its return to Iventucky. He recovered 
and wrote his last letter at .Memj)liis. returning to his regi- 
ment. Was taken sick again, and died at Mound City, 111., 
Sept. 8th. 1S()3. at 49 years of age. 

Thomas Ratliburn. son of Solomon H. and Hannah Rath- 
burn, was born in Bolton. IS-il. Rathbnrn made the first 
regular enlistment of our soldi(Ms. though he did not go on 
that enlistment. July Ith. INGI. he was enrolled in C'o. 
F, lotli Regt. .\[ass. Vols. The early service of the regi- 
ment was tedious in marclu's. On tlie upper Potomac, on 
picket duty, he contracted a fever of-wdiich he died at Win- 
chester, ^larch 14th. ISfvi. at '20 years of age. His re- 
mains, the first of oui- death harvest in the war, were sent 
home in charge of his fellow soldier. Cor])oral S. H. Hayncs, 
and were buried in our own cemetery. 

Charles H. Maynard. son of Charles H. and Priscilla 
Maynard (Mrs. Reuben Babcock), was born in Stow, Ajjril 
11th. IS:},"). Resident here at the outbreak of the war. he 
was among tlie first to (Milist for our dc^fense. H(> j()in(Hl 
Co. E. VMh Regt. Mass. Vols., in July. IStil. He zealously 
followed the fortunes of this brave regiment in all its perils 
and hard service of movements and battles, till the memor- 
able day of (ieitysbuig. when he was taken prisoner. FiX- 
changed. he declined in health, and died in ser\ice of the* 
invalid corps, at Douglas Hospital. Washington, 1). C., Jan. 



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24th, 186-i, at 28 years of age. His grave is in our own 
cemetery. 

Alonzo F. Howe, son of Lyman and Rebecca Howe, was 
born in Marlborough, March 24th, 1831. Just before the 
war he raised here his domestic sanctuary, and gathered his 
little family around him. He enlisted in Co. H, 29th Eegt. 
Mass. Vols., Dec. 2;3d, 1861. He was unable, much of the 
time, to do field duty, but was with his regiment at the seige 
of Vicksburg. Returning, he was taken sick on the way, 
and died at Camp Denison, Cincinnati, Sept. 7th, 1863, 
aged 32 years. His remains were brought to this place for 
burial. 

Silas F. Jillson (misnamed Cxilsom on tablet), son of 
Wheaton C. and Eliza B. Jillson, .was born in Richmond, 
N. H., May 24th, 1863. liiving in this town at the open- 
ing of the war, he readily enlisted for the town in Co. I, 
25th Regt. Mass. Vols., Oct. 20th, 1861. Jillson was the 
first of our soldiers to receive a wound. This at Roanoke 
Island. He continued in the service through the war, but 
died at Charlotte, N. C, July 14th, 1865, aged 29 years. 
He received a second wound in the Summer of 1864. 

Silas E. (iroddard, son of Ephraim and' Sophia Goddard, 
was born in Berlin, March 24th, 1832. A retiring, modest 
youth, a dutiful son, of infirm health, he nevertheless was 
urgent to go at the call of his country ; and enlisted in Co. 
I, 36th Regt. Mass. Vols. Was in the Vicksburg cam- 
paign, but sunk in sickness on return to Kentucky, and died 
at Camp Nelson, Sept. 10th, 1863, at 21 years of age. 
His letters were full of courage, though comrades affirm 
that he was often really unable to do duty. 

George Ira Carter, son of Ira and Hannah Carter, was 
born in Berlin. He enlisted Aug. 6th, 1862, in Co. I, 36th 
Regt. Mass. Vols. Among the youngest of all our soldier 
boys, he followed closely the service of his regiment, and 



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was ill all its oii^^a^cmcnls. Was uoiiudcd at Po[)lar 
Spring Church, Vii.. bciug shot through the left lung ; was 
taken prisoner, and died at Petcn-sburg, Sept. 3()th, 1864, 
'20 years old. It is related of him that in l)attle, the regi- 
ment being under tire, he refused to lie down at orders, but 
stood tiU the word of •'charge" was given, wdien he tossed 
his gun in air and caught it as he plunged with the rest 
into the deadly strife. 

Hollis L. Johnson, son of Lewis H. and Mary Johnson, 
was born in Berlin, June 7th,. 1838. Spent most- of his 
youth among us. Enlisted in Co. F, 13th Rcgt. Mass. Vols., 
1862. He was in constant service tQl his death, which oc- 
curred at the second battle of Bull Run, Aug. 30th, 186-4. 
A long and painful suspense hung over his parents and 
friends as to his lot in that battle. Up to this point he had 
kept up fre(pient correspondence with the family at liome. 

Thomas Hastings, son of Reuben and Hannah Hastings, 
born in Berlin, Jan. 24th, 1818. Married EUzabcth T. 
Houghton of Bolton, in which town he resided some years. 
Enlisted in Co. C, 15th Rcgt. ^lass. Vols. Pie went through 
the Peninsula campaign, and was at the. battle of jVntie- 
tam, from which only fifteen of the company came out. A 
ball passing through both liis legs above the knee, he was 
left upon the field. He succeeded in reaching an old barn, 
with others, where they remained four days, heljiiug each 
other as they could, when they were removed to Campbell 
Hospital, Philadelphia. Chronic diarrhcca having set in, 
he died Oct. 23d, 1862, at 44 years of age. 

Nathan B. (jarfield was born in Shrewsbury. His voutli 
was spent partly in Amherst, N. H. lie came to this place 
from Marlboro', a diffident and retiring young man, the last 
of all. we shoidd have said, to make a soldier. But none 
were more ready at duty's call for any conflict. Repeated- 
ly rejected for bodily frailty, his spirit burned to serve liis 



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country. Was finally accepted in Co. 1, 25th Regt. Ma.ss. 
Vols., July, 186*2. Garfield served his regiment mainly in 
the hospital. Yet nothi^ig but the field would satisfy his 
zeal. The field he took, and on the field he fell at Bermu- 
da Hundred, Va., May lOtli, 1S64, aged 29 years. He 
was tenderly buried by liis fellow soldier, Eli Sawyer, Jr., 
of this town. 

William H. Coburn, son of Henry D. and Hannah Co- 
burn, was born in ]5erlin, 1841. Very thoughtfully, and 
with parental consent, he. enlisted in Co. I, 36tli Mass. 
Vols., Aug. 6th, 1862. From the battle of Fredericksburg 
he accompanied the regiment to the seige of Vicksburg ; 
was taken sick after the battle of Jnckson, and was brought 
to Portsmouth (jrove Hospital, R. T. Was again on duty 
in the battle of the Wilderness, in wliicri he was wounded 
in a charge on the enemy's works, May 6tli, 1864. The 
wound was in the. tlugli. After many removals, with great 
suffering, he was brouglit to Campbell Hospital, Washing- 
ton, where he died S(>pt. ISth, 1862, aged 21 years. He 
had the great consolation of his brother's attendance in his 
last days, I cannot forbear to give one extract of a letter 
dated May 16th, 18()1.: "Dear Sister, I feel hapi)y that I 
can write you. I am lying on my l)ack in an Episcopal 
church here in Eredericksburg, ^vith a little book in my left 
hand, while I write with th(^ other. My wound pains me 
some, and the bed is not as good as you have at home. I 
have one blanket and two pieces of tent sprciid on the hard 
floor. As I lie hero I can look out and see tlie trees all 
leaved out, and here the birds sing. But 1 am a caged bird 
now, and so must stay in one place. I think half the men 
here that li"\e would have died but for the Christian Com- 
mission." 

James II. IJarry was born in No\a Scotia. 1844. Spent 
his vouth under thc^ fatherh care of Henr\ 1). Coburn of 



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this town. He eatj^crly tnilistcnl in Co. I. .'iUtli Mass. A'ols., 
July. 18()'i. Harry was in tho battles of the re«i;imeiit at 
Frederirkshuri^. ^'ickshllri^^ Jackson. Kiiowille, the Wil- 
derness, Spottsylvania. North Anna, ('did Ilarhor. and \vas 
instantly kilknl on picket duly, in front of Petersburg, July 
1st, 18(>4, tlie ball passing; tlirouuli his rii;ht arm and body. 
He exclaimed, "^Nly d'od, my God !"" and ceased to breathe. 
His fellow soldier, Ansel Snow, assisted in his proper bur- 
ial beside the Norfolk and I\>terslmr«i: Railroad. Aliped 20 
years. 

Samuel A. Snow, adopted son of Ansel Snow of Uerlin, 
was born in Milford. son of Samuel A. and Susan Salsbury, 
1845. Enlisted hi Co. 1. •2:n\\ Re-t. Mass. V«(ls.. Oct. Uth. 
1861. and followed closely the service of his rei^iment. 
Was in battle at Ronanoke Island. NewlxMii. Kingston. 
Whitehall, (ioldsbonV, Port Walthall, Arrowfield Church, 
N. C. Re-enlisted, as veterau, when the regiment cam'e to 
Virginia, and was taken i)risoner at Drury's lUuff, May 
27th, 1864. He endured the cruelties of Libby and An- 
dersonA'illc until October, wIumi he was taken to Savannah, 
thence to Florence. S, C., whvrt* he died Dec. 1st. at the 
age of 10. Such was the soldier life of a timid, retiring 
boy, hardly known amonj^ us, only as a pu[)il in our schools. 

George H. l^owers was born in Boston. Came to this 
town a stranger, with his family, two years before the war. 
Enlisted in Co. L 8()th Regt. Mass. Vols., September, 18()2. 
Died of disease at Covington. Ky.. S(^])t. 80th. 18()8, aged 
86 years. Rarticulai-s of his death unknown. 

Edwin J. Bigelow. son of Horace and Almina Rigelow. 
early enlisted in service of his country, but was discharged 
on account of ill health. Re-(>nlisted 1864, in 61st Regt. 
Mass. Vols., and was killed in making a charge on the en- 
emy's works in front of Petersburg-. \'a.. April 2d. 186;"), 
ag-ed 20 vears. 



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B,ufus H. Williams, son of Rufus and Sarah Williams, 
born in Bolton, 1843, was not liable to military duty, but 
was urgent to go, and enlisted in Co. I, "i-Dtli E,egt. Mass.. 
Vols., 1861. Died of disease at Georgetown, D. C, April 
4tb, 1862, at the age of 19 years. 

Henry P. Rich, son of James and Sally Rich, was born 
in Northborough, 1845. Enlisted 1864, in Co. D, 4th 
Battalion Heavy Artillery, at Fort Independence, where he 
died of disease Aug. llth, 1865, at the age of 20 years. 

Tyler Paine, born in Smithtield, R. I., had been a citizen 
of Berlin some years. At enlistment he had four mother- 
less children. He neverthless gave himself to his country 
in her need. Enlisted in Co. B, 2d Mass. Cavalry. The 
regiment was in the Red River expedition, from which, 
on return to New Orleans, Mr. Paine died of disease, June 
15tli, 1864, aged 40 years. Enlisted Jan. 5th, 1864. 

Homer E. Stone, son of Isaac and Martha Stone, was 
born in Berlin, June 24th, 1848. The health of his par- 
ents kept him awhile from enlistment. He finally joined 
the 4th Regt. Mass. Cavalry, Co. E, September, 1863. 
His frequent letters are full of patriotism and affection. 
"I know," he says, "the cause I am in is right, as sure as 
there is a God." "I am reconciled to my lot." He remit- 
ted many drawings of liis own, representing forts and 
scenery about the James. His service was short. In June, 
1864, he contracted disease of which he died July 24th, 
near Petersburg, aged 21 years. 

Lafayette Warden was born in Illinois. Name of parents 
unascertained. His home among us was principally with 
Mr. Harvey D. Carter. Was mustered into service in Co. 

C, 15th Regt. Mass. Vols. Died of wounds at Washington, 

D. C, June 15th, 1864, aged 22 years. He attained to the 
rank of first dutv Sercreant. 

Watson Wilson, son of James and Persis Wilson. En- 



listed ill Co. 1, :3«tli Retrt. Mass. N'ols.. Au«>:. -Jltli, 1HH2. 
Died of wounds ivccivod at Cold Harbor. .June ^5(1, 1S()4. 

Cliarlos D. Starkcy, son of Anthony S. and Martha Star- 
key, was born in Berlin, July 18th, 1838. He spent his 
youth amon*:^ us. His liealth was not firm, hut he enlisted, 

1862, in Co. I, oth Keij^t. Mass, \'ols., for nine months' ser- 
^'ice. He was in the several eni>;a<>ements of his regiment 
in North Carolina, hut sickened and died at Newborn, May 
26th. 186:J, aged 25 years. His' comrades testify to his vol 
untary over exertions, by which sickness was induced. 

Lemuel Gott, Jr., son of Dr. Lemuel and Mary (xott. 
born in Kockport, Cape Ann, Feb. 2()tli, 18-40, came to this 
town with his father's family in 1855. He graduated at the 
Normal School, Westfield. in 1862 ; afterwards was Princi- 
pal of High School in l)an^i^le, 111. In the midst of great 
usefidness, sickness compelled him to resign. Recovering, 
he was eager for the field. As a trial of strength, he en- 
listed in Co. 1, 5th Regt. Mass. Vols., for one hundred days' 
service. SuflFering a sunstroke his health failed, fever set 
in and he died in hos])ital at Baltunore, Aug. 2ytli, 1864. 
attended by his father. His grave is with us. He was 24 
years of age, an only son and In-other, of great promise to 
friends and society. 

DIED Al'TKR niSCHARtn: FROM TUi: ARMY. 

J. V. N. Johnson, more familiarly known as l^illsl)ury 
Johnson, son of Edward and Annie Johnson, was born in 
Berlin, 1824. He enlisted in Co. F, loth Regt. Mass. 
Vols., and was in much of its service till the winter of 
1862-3. After some service at Columbia Hos])ital, Gorge- 
town, D. C, he was discharged from the army, Feb. 3d, 

1863. on account of ill health. Returning home he de- 
clined gradually, and died May 2()tli. 1864, aged 40 years. 

\Mlli:ni) Floicuce. sou of" Diiniel (i. and Mar\ Morencc. 



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bom ill Marlboro', enlisted in Co. I. 36th Kegt. Mass. Vols., 
1862. Was honorably discharged for ill health in Feb- 
ruary, 1863, at Newport News He gradually declined and 
died'in Berlin May 5th, 1863, aged 23 years. ' 

Ezra Bartlett, son of Wilhara and Sarah Bartlett, born 
in Berlin, enUsted for the one hundred days' service in the 
Summer of 1864. At Indianapolis, Ind., on guard of rebel 
prisoners, he contracted fever, of which he died at Camp 
Carrington, Oct. 16th, aged 19 years. 

George E. Hartwell enlisted September, 1862, in Co. F, 
13th Kegt. Mass. Vols. Was discharged by surgeon's cer- 
tificate, and died in Hudson, Feb. loth, 1863. The Hud- 
son Encampment have erected a tablet over his grave. 



Mr. Riley Smith, in behalf of the Tablet Committee, re- 
marked as he gave the tablets in charge of the toAvn : 

Gentlemen, Selectmen of Berlin : 

You are well aware that two years ago a committee was 
appointed to procure four tablets for those soldiers and 
heroes of BerUn who diir'>d to die in defence of their flag, 
and to sustain their country. That committee was com- 
posed of Rev. Win. A. Houghton, Hon. Wm. Bassett, 
Israel Sawyer, A. W. Longlcy and myself. The commit- 
tee has attended to that part of tlieir duty, and have pro- 
cured four tablets, and placed them upon the walls of Me- 
morial Hall l)elow. After \-isiting different artists and 
viewing different specimens of materials and workmanship, 
we contracted with H. II. Kinney of Worcester, this State, 
for the same, whose artistic skill and workmanship is ex- 
celled by no one in the State. We had the uttermost con- 
fidence in his honor as a man and liis skill as an artist. 



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Wc contracted with liim for four tablets at ^j^l'Jo.OO a])iece, 
milking in all )j^.*)()().()(). as voted by the town. 

I have been del(«gated by that committee to present those 
beautiful tablets to you. u^entlemcn, and intrust them to 
your care. They wish you to accept them, not for their in- 
trinsic value alone, but in deej) connnemoration of those 
heroes whose names are chiseled on those tablets. And, if 
you please, accei)t them in great reverence to those heroic 
soldiers on my l(>ft. f/icir comrades and associates in the diu 
of battle and deadly strife for victory. 

Please to accept in great respect to those fathers and 
mothers, brotliers and sisters, widows and orphans of those 
martyred henxvs. wlio i'vv] tliat they have sacrificed theii' 
dearest idol upon th(> altar of liberty, and for the beneiit of 
their country and it.-j union. Their hearts bleed and their 
homes are made \acant by tliis sad event. 

And finally, accept them and make such disposition of 
tliem as shall be pleasing to yourselves, the soldiers present, 
and to tlie citizens of tlu' town. 

ACCKP'IANCK Oi" ITIE TABLETS, BY MR. 11. D. 
COBURN, OF THE SELECTMEN. 

Gentlemen of the Committee: 

In behalf of the inhabitants of the to\\Ti of Berlin, we 
accept these beautiful tablets, so commemorative of our de- 
ceased soldiers. W(> most sincerely thank you for your 
faithful and suc-cessful services in planning, procuring, and 
arranging them in our >remorial Hall. Forever nuiy they 
peri)etuate the memory of those who nol>h- gave their lives 
a sacrifice on their country's altar to se(:ure for us the bless- 
ings of peace and the enjoyment of our i)leasant and hap- 
])y homes. 

To you, sir, Connnander of Post .)4 of the (irand Arm^ 
of the Republic, we give these Memorial Ta])lets in charge, 



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to be sacredly guarded by you and those iu your command 
against all ruthless and rude hands, that they may never be 
mjured or marred, but remain in our Memorial Hall to per- 
petuate the memory of our deceased soldiers. It is to be 
distinctly understood that they are to be open to the visita- 
tion of the soldiers and the inhabitants of the town, their 
families and friends, at any and all reasonable times, in 
charge of careful and competent attendants. May they 
ever remain to show to future generations our patriotism 
and the love and respect we have for our deceased soldiers. 

REPLY OF POST COMMANDER E. H. HARTSHORN. 

Acting as Commander of this (xrand Army Encampment 
— though unworthy of the honor, either by active service or 
personal sacrifice — I am called upon to represent those who 
have fought my battles as well as yours. 

In accepting the charge of these beautiful tablets erected 
by you in memory of our departed comrades, wc assure you 
that to no better hands could you entrust them, for they 
have faced suffering and death side by side with those who 
have fallen, and will appreciate as you cannot their sacri- 
fice. The soldiers need no tablets to remind them of those 
they miss in their scattered ranks, for their meniories and 
deeds of valor are written deep in their hearts — written 
while midst the noise of battle they cheered each other to 
renewed zeal, or stayed for a moment the onward charge 
to support a dying comrade and receive the last messages of 
love for dear ones at home. Memories such as these death 
alone will end ; memories that, though constant, find ex- 
pression each year as they strew their graves with flowers. 

We accept this trust for ourselves. We accept it in be- 
half of those whose dear ones left them never to return, 
save in death's cold embrace, and who, with wounded hearts 



opened afresli by the recital of their dariiiu;; deeds and self- 
sacriticing spirit, mingle \\ith us today ; promising not only 
to guard these mute memorials of their lives, but to cherish 
the memory of their heroism and loyalty, so that being dead 
they shall yet speak in the renewed devotion of tltousands 
to our common country. 

We sincere!}' thank you for this beautiful hall, consecra- 
ted as it is by the memories of the dead, which you have so 
kindly committed to our care and use. We assure you that 
the privilege shall never he abused, and that this hall shall 
ever be a rallying point for the soldiers of Berlin. And 
when one by one they sUall have passed to that better land, 
we trust their names may be added to these, and that loyal 
and true men will then be found to honor and cherish the 
names of all. 

P0E:^1, by MR. JOSIAH BllIDE. 

For years I've ranged through circles faraway, 
And know so little what you do or say 
In Berlin, and so seldom I appear 
Among you, that I scarcely have a sphere 
Of action with yon. Importuned to write, 
I yield ; and I should do so with delight 
If I could feel that I possessed the power 
To create scenery for this favored hour. 
With small inventive powers and no wit, 
I cannot shine or sparkle here one bit ; 
And 1 nuist write, as everybody knows, 
t In verse such as I have, or feeble prose. 
Yet I am asked to take the poet's lyre, 
Withofit the poet's wit or poet's tire. 
How dare I here presume to touch the string, 
Lest harsh and jarring notes discordant ring? 
High, higii presumption it may seem in me. 
And yet 1 see, — at least I think I see, — 
That, with much conlidence, I may depend 
Upon your kind indulgence to tlie I'ud. 
What such indulgence; is I full well know ; 
I have been favored \Vith it long ago : 



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And lew, if any, can have higher claim 
To love this people, love the very name, 
Berlin, (that thrills the soul when far away,) 
Than ho who spoaks to you in verse to-day. 

When, far from home, tlu^ ask unt where I live. 

And I'm disposed correct reply to give, 

I say, " in Massachusetts," and am proud 

To have it heralded In any crowd. 

And when they ask me in which county I 

Reside, T haste to make them this reply : 

" Tn Worcester comity," far more truly great 

Than any other county in the State. 

Then, if they more minutely (juestion me, 

And ask me in which town I lovt^ to be, 

"Berlin," T say, " 1>y me is lovcd'the best. 

And more to l)e desirexl than all the rest." 

And, thouo-h my inmost soul delights to soar 

And range the distant universes u'er, 

[ soon return, and, when my wings are furled, 

I fmd the centre of my social world. 

1 love the people of this town the more, 

Because T knew them in the days of yore ; 

And T Avas educatisd, ;/reir up Jiere : 

And, though imperfectly T fill(Ml luy s{)here, 

Bending the twig, training the opening mind, 

I found kind sympathies that few men find. 

The heart's fond aspii*ations outward How, 

Both to the present and the long ago. 

The present Hits before the admiring eye ; 

Deej) graven on the soul the by-gones lie ; 

The nows may be more beautiful, more bright. 

The thens may be as dear, as useful ({uite. 

Man seems almost triune, but one, yet three — 

The past, the present, and the yet-to-be. 

We cannot well dissect this threefold man. 

It may be that the doctors present can. 

Should we divide with thiun, and choose our part. 

We would prefer the region of the heart ; 

The heart we'd carry with us as we cast 

A loving look upon the distant past. 

When thought leads back to near tlie fortieth year 
From this the present one, the one now here, 
It shows us three jdiysicians, strange to say, 



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Who, while they piMctieoil hi-iv, loiiiul tiiiu- to pray 
To God — to render Iliiu the liighest praise, 
And to aeknowledge Iliiii in all their ways. 
All three stand with us on life's lleetinj; shore ; 
May blessin^rs rest upon tluin evermore. 
Prior to this 'tis saitl a liriyhani stood 
In this profession ; was a doetor good. 
Peace to his ashes and to all the race ; 
Justice assijifns them no unworthy place. 

In Doetor Brigham's day we hail 

Not half as many people ; 
One little store, just one, no more, 

A chiuvh without a steeple. 

No town-h(JUse neat, in wliieh to meet. 

Discuss each ])ublie measure. 
And there and then select the men 

To execute our jilea-ure. 

In the house ol' God — iiowever odd 
It serins — were held all meetings. 

Where, without noise, the girls and boys 
Exchanged their social greetings. 

And in the pews all talked ol' news, • 

Profane and sacre<l matter. 
Where, sitting down, the entire town 

Made a trcniiiKhju.^ clatter. 

In the altai' stood our Puller good, 

Though mercury was at zero, 
And frozen nose, lingers and toes. 
Showed heroine and hero. 

But the desire to have a lire 
Might then have raised a (luestion 

Whetlier the thought were not inlirought 
By Satan's vih; suggestion. 

But a Sabbath School, when not too cool. 
To the old church nobly stepped in. 

And some noble soids, as on time rolls, 
Have lip to this nunucnt kcjit in. 

•Ml honor, all praise to the Pulfers and Fays, 
And tht: Marys that stooil around them. 

To the tender love, earth's wisdom above. 
And richer than gold, that bound thoni. 



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Full forty years ago our Doctor Puiier 

Went home ; and can a grateful people suffer 

His name to perish ? No ! all answer no ; 

And in the world to which such good men go, 

Methinks the spirits flitting to and fro, 

And all the holy angels, answer— no ! 

Men, such as Doctor Puffer, never die. 

They live, may be, to thrill the hosts on high, 

And in this world such influence may extend 

Till sun and moon and time and being end. 

Oft when the good man stood erect, upright, 

Deep aspirations rose and took their flight 

Till heaven seemed bending, till earth seemed to rise. 

And all seemed floating in tlie upper skies. 

In yeai-s quite young, and business matters old, 

A citizen, about this time, struck gold. _ 

Fountains were filled, from which rich streams are flowing, 

How wide, how deep, we have no means of knowing; 

But we are well assured, somehow or other, 

They are kept open by a younger brother ; 

And though he should no deeper pierce the mountain. 

He has for life a self-supporting fountain. 

'Tis said by many, though denied by some. 

That near this time there was a flood of rum. 

Not deep as Noah's, o'er the tallest steeple, 

But ruined fifty times as many people ; 

Swept off rich tarms or ruined them forever. 

Recovered by their former owners never. 

We saw the flood— it rose not very high. 

It did not wet, it made the people dry ; 

Some floated, some sunk deeper every day. 

We saw them sink, but seldom heard them pray. 

Upon that flood we never thought of shipping, 

But promptly signed the pledge and left off sipping. 

Soon after this subject, to wholesome rule. 
Both sexes found with us a boarding school. 
This school helped make a man that here we see. 
And since that time he has been making me. 
Well, that's all right— it's only tit for tat ; 
We don't complain of this, nor he of that . 
But as he then seemed to enjoy our teaching, 



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So WI-, iiioiL' rcct'iulv, iMijoy his prcarliinj: ; 

And in his hifijhfr school we now may sec 

Many a boy and j^irl once tau<^ht by uio. 

Josiah. Ilein-y, All)ert, Silas, Georgie, 

Sarah, Sophia, riu'bc, Man-, Morgic ; 

One was a very pleasant talking ereatnre, 

Sinilin"; and latij^diing out thron<,'!i every feature. 

How could we ever think to rind another 

So social in this world or anv other. 

He has her in his school, remains her Proctor, 

Though she has long been boarding with the Doctor. 

And Mary Grace, by record, now appears 

To have bec^n in his school twenty-live years ; 

He is so kind we have no cause to weep her. 

His choicest treasure may he ever keep her : 

Keeji her to aid him in his deep desire 

To lift each way-bound, struggling pilgrim higher ; 

Teach her and others until we are o'er 

The river, on the bright Elysian shore, 

Where rills of knowledge sparkling as they go, 

From heaviMrs exhaustless fountains ever flow. 

But of the future we will not now speak. 
Our subjects in the past we'd rather seek ; 
Credit tiie liell-meii for their matchless rin'Mii"-, 

Houghtons and Sawyers for their splendid singing 

Especially the latter, who the stages 
Drove till the period seemed almost like a"-es. 
And rode through spaces, in the sj)eeding cars, 
That might be thought almost to reach the stars, 
Doing, (or thirty years, all our exprcssiu"-, 
Being, in business mattei's, such a blessing ; 
If he could hear us, we would tell him how 
We've niisse<l him in this world, even till now. 

South Berlin there was mtcv a pleasant Park in. 
Though there nn'ght not have been a single Larkin. 
Tliese birds flew westward, settled at their will, 
Domesticated they remain theiv still. 
Oin- Merriams ha\e been honored without lack ; 
Fays, Sawyers, Fosgates, all have made their track : 
.Vnd when our population was quite thin, 
Carters and Wheelers rolled some big loads in. 
To Joneses, (joddards, Briico near oiu' rills, 
Barnes, Babcock, Spadbrd, Pollard on our hillb, 



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Priest, Bigelow, Holt, Pry, or great or small, 
We bring due honors — not to one, but all. 
And last, although not least, we i^rotFer now 
All honor due the Elder Central Howe. 
Thus here we memorize the souls departed 
From every family, the noble hearted. 
The spirits lifted to the upper spheres, 
Crowned with the honors of the by-gone years. 

Sadly we eonsecrate Memorial Hall 

In honor of the brave men doomed to I'all 

Mid crash of arms and harsh, wild battle cry, 

Or in the crowded hospital to die. 

Imperishable as time be every name ; 

Let none despoil them of their dear bouglit fame ; 

But let the hand to infamy be wed. 

That mars the laurels of the martyred dead. 

Having thus Avandered through the dear old past 

With heartfelt gratitude, we now may cast 

Our vision forward, and with fiiith may see 

A far more dear, a brighter yet-to-be. 

Honor the present as the ancient men. 

For now true worth inheres in man as then ; 

Hence honor to our citizens, that they 

Have built the house we dedicate to-day. 

All honor to the brain that drew the plan, 

All honor to the workmen, every man. 

All honor to the man that gave the site. 

All honor for sioeet harmony, all right. 

May heart to heart be bound with stronger ties, 

Higher and higher may this people rise. 

And mid diversity of mind God given. 

No more may social bands be rudely riven. 



Ill report of lenuirks by speakers from abroad, the com- 
mittee of publication only claim to have gi-sen the ideas, in 
the main, without asking for written co]nes. 

REMARKS OF MU. ARTEMAS BARNES. 

Berlin was formerly the southeast corner of Lancaster, a 
corner of Marlborou«:h on the southeast, and one flirm taken 



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from Lancaster on the Mest. It took al)oiit one-third of the 
town of Bolton. It does not ajjpear to have a very early 
history. It was considerabh inliabitcd by the Aborij^ines, 
and was probably passed over by soldiers in the earlv Indi- 
an wars, and by the first settlers of Lancaster and Marlbo- 
ro n^ifh. 

The first inhabitants were ])ro])ably from the adjoininj^ 
towns of Lancaster and Marlboronoli. 'i'lie name of Priest, 
I should think, was one of the* oldest, and also Moore, and 
Maynard, and Wheeler, and probal)ly Sawyer, still later. 
And there were the Joneses and (ioddards, and Carlisle in 
the Marlborough section ; also three brothers Bailey, and 
three brothers Johnson, who all liad large farms adjoining 
each other. One of them had one of the three larjrcst 
farms in Bolton. They were among the active ones in form- 
ing and incorporating tlie town. Tliese, with many others 
that I might mention, were the original settlers of the town. 
This southern and remote parf of ]5olton was called by- 
some, for the want of a more euphonious name, "Pussy," 
from the great quantity of that wec^d that grew in that ])art 
of Bolton. 

When the time had arri^ ed tliat they were able to sup- 
port and maintain christian worshij),as was the custom and 
rule of the Commonwealth at that time, they applied to the 
General Court for an act of incorporation as a town, but it 
was incorporated a district, with all the rights of a town, 
except the right to choose a representative to the General 
Court ; then the} had to go to Bolton, which always caused 
unpleasant feelings. In 1S12, I think, the assessors found 
there were the retpiisite number of ratable polls to entitle 
them to become a town ; and Bolton voted that thev mi":ht 
separate. They then were incorporated a town, and liave 
continued to pros])er and increase about as fast as other 
agricultural towns in the vicinity. In ISOO there were be- 
tween seven and eight hundred inliabitauts in the town, and 
in 1860 over eleven liundred. 

The chair suggested tliat one of tlie Selectmen occupied 
the place long occu))ied by his father, and represented hon- 
orably an honoral)le aiiccstrw orii'inal setthn's of flir town. 



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L. L, Carter responded that in his opinion Berlin had 
blown its horn pretty well for that day, bnt he wonld say that 
having opposed the bnilding a new town-honse till the major- 
ity acting with him became the minority, he then took hold 
with the majority in good earnest, and was in favor of a 
good bnilding that should do honor to the town, and he 
should now work as zealously as any one to help pay for it. 

In response to the remark that a young man, having com- 
pleted his education, thought his native town too small for 
his professional talents, and therefore settled in the large 
town of Northborough, leaving this little field for the chair- 
man. Dr. J. .7. Johnson said: 

What does the town-house express I The elevation of 
the people. The secularization of religion. Once the high- 
er themes of life were discussed by the few ; now by the 
many. The town hall tuid the lyceum are the common 
arena. When the few dominated in the opinions of man- 
kind, bigotry was rampant and persecution triumphant. 
The reading room, the library and the town hall have taken 
the masses out the control of theological disputants, and of 
all who would rule h\ dogmatism. Recurring to Berlin as 
his early home, thou,<j;h not his native town, he recalled 
many pleasant associations with the families then resident 
here — some of whom especially he was glad to meet on so 
pleasant an occasion. 

E,EV. Dr. Allen, of Northborough, being called upon, 
gave reminiscences of Rev. Dr. Puffer, first minister of Ber- 
lin. 

Called to preach the election sermon, through the in- 
fluence of Judge Brigham of Westborough, as was custom- 
ary. Dr. Puffer wrote out his prayer in behalf of the legis- 
lative body. In the exercises he faltered painfully. A fel- 
low senator nudged Judge Brigham, and whispered, -'That 
is your minister, is it ?" But the joke did not last. The 
preacher soon gave up what he had committed to memory, 
and trusted to the occasion. Few men were so devoutly 
impassioned in prayer, and recovering his self-possession. 



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he poured out his heart-folt desires in straius of niovinp: 
supplieatiou. At the ek)s(> of tlie prayer, the .ludgi* re- 
turned the nudge of his neighhor. saying, "That is my min- 
ister.'" This sermon gave the minister of Berlin sueh re})u- 
tation that the FaeuUy of Harvard Colk'ge invited him to 
preach the DudkMU liecture of that institution. In this he 
was equally sueeessful. and the students and government of 
the college subscribed so liberally for the discourse to be 
printed, that the minister obtained a handsome remunera- 
tion. He afterwards received the doctorate from the col- 
leo:c. Dr. Puffer was minister of Herlin from 11^1 to lS'29. 

The cliair remark(>d that if Dr. .lohnson ua^ not a native 
of Berlin, a man who was a genuine native, wdio had re- 
tired from a successful business in Boston to a neighboring 
town, would resi)ond for tlie native^ of Berlin, and also for 
our Mother Bolton. 

S. 11. HowK, Es([.. of Bolton, said he was ne\er ashamed 
of his nati^ (' town, nor woukl he countenance any api)robi- 
ous e])ithet a])plied to her. He des])ised the man who 
would not iecogni/.(> the place of liis nativity because ob- 
scure, so that wlien tra\ eling with a friend whose home was 
in an obs(ur(> town, but who registered his name as from 
Worcester, lu^ on tlie contrar} wrote his name connected 
with Berlin, the kitten in letters so large they could be read 
three miles off; and tiiat his goods were marked lierlin. and 
could have been found all over the land. Wlum be settled 
in Bolton, ho always registered from tliat town. 

To the sentiment. " Worcester — a thic^f on the young 
men of Berlhi," Amohv A. Bmmlktt replied: 

He acknowledged his connection with the county jail, but 
not as a thief. He had a Sabbath school class in that in- 
stitution. When he went there and reported himself as 
'being of Berlin, the superintendent re])lie(l. " W(> don't 
know Berlin in this institution." But Mr. Ik was sorry to 
find in his class a lad who once bad lived in oin* village. 
The boy began here l)y stealing fruit. Mr. Bartlett admon- 
ished the youth to beware of tlie first offense against hones- 
ty and u])rigbtu('^s. 



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"Foreign teachers of our Beiiiii schools ; we appreciate 
their services, but are not so well pleased when they make 
reprisals on our young ladies.'" 

S. I. EiCE, of Northboroug'h, was called upon to answer. 
He recalled former experiences in Berlin, and saw before 
him some fruit of his labors among the town fathers on the 
platform. He remembered, too, his obligations to Berlin, 
not alone in the matter suggested by the sentiment, but he 
recalled the old town-house which this had cast in the shade. 
There they heard lectures and held lyccum discussions, in 
which he indulged in some of his early efforts at debate. 
Mr. Rice commended the appropriateness of the neAV edifice 
as becoming to the town. 

The School Committee having been called upon, Mr. E. 
C. Shattuck, on their behalf, said : 

Mr. Chairman, — I wish to make a little explanation. 
You said in your address that the project of a town-house 
on your plan, and the building committee also, were sub- 
jected to ridicule by some of the citizens, or words to that 
effect. Now I suppose you meant me ; at least the coat 
fits, and I put it on. I do not remember that I indulged in 
any ridicule at your expense as chairman of that commit- 
tee, but I trust you will pardon me if I did silently harbor 
some doubts as to your ability to accomplish a work so much 
out of your line of business, to the general satisfaction. 
Though knowing that you were gifted in your profession, 
it did not occur to me that your genius was universal. 1 
admitted, with thousands of others, that you could, out of 
products of nature, manufacture the "vKey to Health" bet- 
ter than any one else ; but I did not know that you could, 
from the same source, gather the material and erect a town- 
house that would meet the general approval, and silence all 
criticism, for the very low sum stipulated. 

But such appears to be the fact. I hear but one senti- 
ment, that of praise ; and I am happy to say that whatever 
may have been my feelings at the work in the prospective, 
I am gratified with the work completed. 

I would be glad to sa}' something to the soldiers on this 



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occasion, hut the lateness of tlic limir torl)i(ls any extended 
remarks. I yield to no one in my n^sjject and esteem tor 
those brave, ])atriotic men. who went at their country's call 
and nobly and unthnchiii^ly did their duty. May they live 
long and be worthily rememhered. 

I wish to say a word to my fellow-townsmen. Gentle- 
men, you are soon to meet in this hall for the first time in 
your sovereign capacity, to transact important business, I 
trust that all will de])ort themselves in a manner becoming 
the place and the occasion. Let no one defile this beauti- 
ful floor with the juice of that wrrd ! Let no one be so 
ambitious to rise in his position as to stand upon these clean 
settees with his boots on. Let no one mar any ])ortion of 
them with pencil or jacknife. In short, let no one conmiit 
any act here that he would not wish to have daguerreotyped 
and handed down to posterity. 

REMARKS OF MR. l\ H. SOITIIWK K. 

Mr. Chairman, — I would say, in the language of Daniel 
Webster, in. his address on the 17th of June, after the com- 
pletion of Bunker Hill Monument, ''A duty has been per- 
formed.'" For many years the town of Berlin has required 
a more suitable buildyig for a town hall. On my return to 
my native town,, after an absence of thirteen years, 1 felt 
more strongly than ever the necessity of a new building, 
and at all the meetings where the subject has been brought 
before the towai, I have strongly urged the necessity of im- 
mediate action ; and although for a while with the minority, 
public sentiment changed so that I found myself with the 
majority, and the residt has been the house in which we are 
now assembled — a building, though not very expensive, yet 
good enough for Berlin, corresponding better with the gen- 
eral surroundings of the toA\ n than a very ex])ensive one 
would have done. And the connnittee who plannc*d and 
built the same deserve nnicli credit for the moderate expense 
inciu-red. And when the lousiness and growth of the town 
demands a larger hall. 1 trust the citizens will dispose of the 
present and build one suitable for the occasion. But for 
twenty years to come the house is large and e\i)ensivr 
enough,' and one of whicli we may wc>ll be ])roud when 
compared with the old one. 



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After the remark that Clinton -sviis a thriving, successful 
town, and had great and prosperous enterprises, but noth- 
ing more thrifty or satisfactory to the people of Berlin than 
her Courant, Mr. W. E. Parkhurst, its editor, replied very 
appropriately, in commendation of the town and its new 
town-house. 

Geo. a. Cottixg, Esq., of Hudson, replying to the re- 
mark that a native of Berlin who had long lived near us 
and shown his interest in us, and assisted in promoting 
"Justice and Peace" in the county, it was hoped had not 
lost, by removing to another county, his commission, at least 
to speak, said : 

He had always been intercjsted in Berlin, and all that 
pertained to it ; and in discharge of his duties as U. S. 
Marshal, he was proud to hail from Berlin, and make the 
returns of other towns from her office, and the name of 
Berlin ^^•OTdd 1)0 found on all those returns at Washington. 

•'Our neighbor just over the line, who still instructs his 
native town in the principles of agriculture-"' 

Warren E. Moore, of Northboit)ugh, responded, ac- 
knowledging the interest he still felt in Berlin as his native 
town. At present he woidd appeal to parents, and mothers 
especially, to remember that in training the youth of the 
town they were setting scions in the stock of the tree. So- 
ciety would become what the rising generation should 
make it. 



I^ECOHI) OF MKinJN SOLDIERS 

LIVINGf AT DATK. 



Tjik Adjutant Gcncrars Report on tlu> Infantiy StTvicf in tlio war lias not 
bufii published as yot. Tlu- following record is tliercforo unavoidably incom- 
plete. Onr Town Clerk has copied to a large extent from the State documents. 
The committee have also been aiiled very nuich by Mit. Anski. Snow, whose 
situation as h<ispital eh'rk gave him extensivr' a<'ijuaintanee among onr solrliers 
In service. 

It is proposed by the KncaiiipineMt John 15. (biiigh, I'ost .VJ nl the (Irand 
Army c^l' the Kepnltlic, in this place, to keep a record oC such particulars of 
Berlin soldiers as may yet come to light, and be of interest in future years. 
Families and friends of.siildi<'rs are requested to communicate. 

i'.i:i!ijx s()Li)ii:us KNi.isrKi) vow 'nii;i:i: vkaks. 

EDW'Alil) 1*..\.RXAK1), son 'of Edward and Margaret, liorn in Boston. Kn- 
listed June, IHfil, Co. K. I.lth \\v^\. Discliarged by surgeon's certificate, 
February, 18(i;!. 

SAMl'EL E. KILLEU, son of Samuel M. and Catherine, born in Sunder- 
land. Enlisted July, IsCl. C... F. l:^th Kegt. Discharged by exi)iration of 
term of service. 

JAMES B. FULLER, s(jii kI .Samuel M. and ( aliierine, bom in Berlin. 
Enlisted as musician. Discharged with the band. 

AUfJUSTLS HARl'ER, son of James ami Judith, born in Roxbury. En- 
listed July, 18()I, Co. F, l.'ltli Kegt. Discharged i)y surgeon's certificat*-, Feb- 
ruary, lS(i'5. 

GEOliCiE F. MASO.N, liorn in North Dana. Enlisted Jidy, IHGI, Co. F, 
l;)tli Regt. Discharged from naval service, August. isC).'}, by order No. 72, of 
Rear .\dniiral Rorter. 

JON AXnAN r. MANN, son of Andrew and Lvdia, born in Upton. En- 
listed July, 1861, Co. F, RUh Regt. 

SEWELL II. .MERRILL, son of John D. and Mary II., l)orn in Hampden. 
Me. Enlisted -July, ISIil, Co. F, LJth Regt. Discharged by surgeon's certifi- 
cate, February, 18li8. 



4:2 

ELLIOT A. RICH, sou of James and Sally, born in Northborough. En- 
listed July, 1861, Co. F, l:3tli Regt. Dischai'ged by surgeon's certificate, Jan- 
uary, I860. 

EDWIN H. RICH, son of James and Sally, born in Northborough. En- 
listed June, 1861, Co. F, 13th Regt. Wounded at second battle of Bull Run, 
in the leg; at Gettysburg, in the wrist. Discharged by expiration of term of 
service. 

CHARLES H. ROUND Y. Enlisted July, 18G1, Co. F, 13th Regt. Dis- 
charged by expiration of term of service. 

FRANCIS B. RUSSELL, son of Samuel, born in Wayland. Enlisted July, 
1861, Co. F, 13th Regt. Discharged January, 1862, for deafness. 

JOSEPH M. SAWTELL, son of Ebenezer and Roxanna, born in Berlin. 
Enlisted July, 1861, Co. F, 13th Regt. Promoted to Sergeant. Discharged 
by expiration of term of service. 

DAVID S. SAWYER, son of David and Lavinia, born in Leominster. En- 
listed July, 1861, Co. T, 25th Regt. Discharged October, 1864, by expiration 
of term of service. 

DANIEL B. SNOW, son of Ansel L. and Catherine L., born in Nantucket. 
Enlisted September, 1861, Co. I, 25th Regt. Discharged October, 1864, by 
expiration of term of service. 

CHARLES H. SNOW, son of Charles and Lucy, born in Bilerica. Enlisted 
October, 18G1, Co. I, 2oth Regt. Discharged October, 1864, by expiration of 
term of service. 

ELI SAWYER, Ju., nuisician, son of Eli and Azuba, born in Berlin, En- 
listed October, 1861, Co. 1, 2r)th Regt. Discharged October, 1864, by expira- 
tion of term of service. 

DARLING S. WHEELER, born in Richmond, N. H. Enlisted September, 
1861, Co. I, 25th Regt. Discharged October, 1864, by expiration of term of 
service. 

SOLON WHEELER, son of Oliver P. and Harriet, born in Keene, N. H. 
Enlisted November, ISGl, Co. I, 25th Regt. Ee-cnlistcd December, 1863. 
Discharged by expiration of whole term of service. 

JOHN Q. MAYNARD, son of Winsor and Cynthia, born in Marlborough. 
Enlisted August, 1861 , Co. D, 22d Regt. Wounded in left foot at Fredericks- 
burg. Discharged September, 1864, by expiration of term of service. 

FREDERICK IMILLER, son of Phillip and McLean, born in Baden, Ger- 
many. Enlisted September, 1861, Co. D, 22d Regt. Wounded in left arm, 
May, 1864, at Spottsylvania. Promoted to Fourth Sergeant. Discharged Sep- 
tember, 1864, by expiration of term of service. 

AUGUSTUS M. STAPLES, son of Joseph and Sarah, born in Oxford, Me. 
Enlisted August, 1861, Co. D, 22d Regt. Discharged September, 1864, by ex- 
piration of term of service. 

HENRY MORAN. Enlisted August, 1861, 22d Regt. Re-enlisted in Con- 
necticut cavalry, and served througli the war. 

DANIEL W. WARNER, son of John and Sarah. Enlisted August, 1861. 
Promoted Sergeant Discharged October, 1862, by surgeon's certificate. 



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THOMAS KIRBY, sou of Jului and Ann. born in Nnva .Nrotia. KnliMted 
October, 18(51, Co. H, Sfith Ki';,'t. I)isiliar;,'(>J by expiration of ti-nn of ser- 
vice. 

JOSEPH STAPLES, son of David and Klizabetli, born in Portland, M.-. 
Enlisted Doceniber, 1861, Co. H. 29tli Rifil. Discharged Fehruray, 18G4, by 

surgeon's certificate. 

GEORGE C. WHEELER, son of Levi and Olive, born in Berlin. Enlisted 
Deceujber, 1801, Co. II, i>11tli Regt. Discharged by expiration of term of ser- 
vice. 

ISRAEL F. CARTER, son of Ivory and Olive, l>orn in Berlin. Enlisted 
August, 18GL', Co. 1, ."Jljth Regt. Wounded in right breast at battle of the 
Wilderness. Discharged June, 18G5, by special order Xo. 22, series I860. 

HARVEY J. CHASE, son of Lorenzo and Judith, born in Haverhill, N. H. 
Enlisted in Co. I, ;iGth Regt., .\ug. (!th, IHG2. Discliarged June, 18G5, by ex- 
piration of term of service. 

AMORY T. MAYNARD, s(.u of Wii.sor and Cynthia, born in Bolton. En- 
listed Aug. 6th, 1SG2, Co. I, 3Gth Regt. Promoted Third Sergeant, Septem- 
ber, 186^. Discharged Septeml)er, 1864, by reason of consolidation of the 
companies iujiew regiment. 

ANSEL SNOW, son of Ansel L. and Dorcas L., born in Nantucket. En- 
listed Aug. 6th, 1.SG2, Co. 1, :3Gth Regt. Promoted Corporal, August, 1862. 
Discharged June, 1865, by reason of special order Xo. 22, series 1H65. 

GEORGE F. FLETCHER, son of Ariel and Hamiah, born in Boston. En- 
listed Aug. 6th, 1862, Co. I, 36th Regt. Wounded in hand in a charge on the 
enemy's works at Petersburg, June 17th, 1864. Discharged June, 1865, by 
reason of special order Xo. 22, series I860. 

OSCAR W. HOLT, son of Warren E. and Miranda, born in Iowa Citv, 
Iowa. Enlisted August. 18<>2, Co. I, :J6th Regt. Discharged June, 1862, by 
reason of special order Xo. 22, series I860. 

JOSEPH E. KIMBALL. Enlisted Aug. Gth, 1.S62, Co. I, :i6tli Regt. 

NATHAN M. ALLEN, son of Xathan and Harriet, born in Pittsfield, Vt. 
Enlisted Aug. l.'Uh, 1862, Co. I, 36th Regt. Transferred to V. R. C, July. 
1864, Portsmouth Grove. R. I., and discharged September, 1865, by expiration 
of term of service. 

JOHX F. GROSSMAN, sou of John W. and Eveline, born in Bultou. En- 
listed Aug. 6th, 1862, Co. I, 36th Regt. Discharged March. 1S65, by special 
order Xo. 77, on surgeon's certificate. 

JOHX F. MARTIN, son of Patrick and Mary, born in Utica, N. Y. En- 
listed Aug. 6th, 1862, Co. I, 36tii Regt. Diseharged by expiration of term of 
service. 

SPEXCER C. CHAMBERLAIN, son of Spencer C. and Lucinda T., born 
in Thetford, Vt. Enlisted Aug. Gth. 1.S62. Co. I, 36th Kegt. Diseharged 
May, 1865, by reason of special order No. 22, series 18G5. 

OLIVER SAWYER, son of Ira and Abagail. born in Berlin. Enlisted as 
nuisician, Aug. 6th, 1862, Co. I, 36th Regt. Disch:irg(>d June, 1865, by rea- 
son of special order Xo. 22, series l.SGo. 



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WILLIAM H KING, son of Nathaniel H. and Marv E., horn in Lynn 
Lnhsted Aug 6th 1862, Co. I, 36th Rcgt. Discharged Mune, 1865, bv reLon 
of special order No. 22. series 1865. , ., . . u . 

,, ^Y^LLIAM II HORTON, son of David and Melinda. born in Dorchostrr 
L«hsted Aug._6th, 1862, Co. T, 36th Regt. Discharged by special oTder -No: 

^Zy SGriGS loOO. 

loS^^J'^'r.-^-,^^^'^^' ''"''" '" J^eominster. Enlisted June, 1862, Co F 
IcJth Kegt. Discharged by surgeoirs certificate, February, 1863. 

WILLIAM B CAMPBELL, born in Lovell, Ct. Enlisted in Co. B, 11th 
Kegt., June, 1861. Discharged by expiration of term of service. 

• J;^^{,H- I^<;^I^^J^'«^''.«f I^'i»Ieland Harriet, Ijorn in Berlin. Enlisted 
in 27th Kegt. Lett the regiment in mental aberation. 

T f ^?Im^ ^^^i^' 1 o?" J" ^^o':^^«ter, son of Peter and Bridget. Enlisted 
July 1861 Co. F, 13th Regt. Wounded in foot at battle of Petersburg 
Discharged at expiration of term of service. 

JOHN ROBBIXS, born in Stow. Enlisted June, 1864, Co. M, 3d Cavalry 
Discharged I860, by surgeon's .:ertiHoate, at Dale Hospital, Worcester. 

OLIVER P. WHEELER son of Joseph and Betsey, born in Swansey, N. 
H. Enlisted June, 1864, Co. B, 3d Cavalry. Injured in spine by fal of 
horse in battle. Discharged November, 1865, by surgeon's certificate 



Fn^52??^ ^'i^r^^n ^T^.:/?," ^^; ^•^^'•^^ ^^- '-^"^^ '^°Pl"^' ^«"' i» Berlin. 
fervTce ' '''' '^- ^'^^^'^^'J^^'l by expiration of term of 

CHARLES F STAPLES, son of -Joseph and Sarah, born in Portland Me 
Enlisted December, 1863, Mass. Heavy Artillery. i)isc]iarged SepJember; 
I860, by expiration of term of service . c 1 . 

JOSEPH C. BADflER. Knlist,,! December, 1863, Mass. Heavy Artillery 
Discharged September, 1S65, by .■xpiratlon of term of service. " 

, '^^.f^.T^L^^- MERRILL, .nn of John D. and Mary H. Enlisted Decern 
oF'tenn of ^ertice^^''''' '^'"'""''- ^''''^'^'^"^'^ September, 1865, by oxpirSo,; 

JAMES F. RATHBURN, son of Solomon and Hannah, born in Berlin 
Enlisted December, 1863, Mass. Heavy Artillery. Disc-hirged Septem ,e : 
1865, by exjjiration of term of service. 

SAMUEL H. IIAYNES, son of Emory and Anna, born in Wayland. En- 
Sept. oOth l.Sb4 ; s'ame day in left leg, which was amputated below the knee. 
Discharged July, 186-t, at Dale Hos])ital, AVorcester. 

WILLIAM WH.SON. Enlisted in 5th I\Iass. Cavalry. November, 1364. 
CHARLES M. LOVEJOY. Enlist.d October, 1864, 1st Regt. Mass. Vols. 
MARVIN DAY, Jii. Enliste.l ().-t..ber, 1X64, in 4th Mass. Battery. 
GEORCxE MONROE. Enlisted November, l,S(i4, in 2d Mass. Infantry. 
HENRY GREY. Enlisted November, 1864, in 1st Mass. Cavalry. 



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AUSTIN KIKBY, sun of .folin ami Ami, bora in WorcestiT. Knlisti-d 
April, 18G-J, in .')tli Ilcavv Artillciy. Discliarirt'd St-pti'iiiIxT, \Wh, \>y expira- 
tion of torm of scrvifi'. 

DAVID R. BROWN. l^ulisUd 18(il, in Vol. R.>ervu Loi|i>. 

PIIILO BRl'CK, son of Sewcll and Eunice, born in Berlin. Enlisted Sep- 
tember, 1S(!4, for one year in Mass. Heavy Artillery. Di-^cliaiged May, 18(W'). 
by special order of War De])artment. 

JOHN A. RII.KV. Kniisted in Navy, l.sCi. Discharged, 180."), by expira- 
tion of service. 

KM.lSl'KD Foi; .NINi; .MONTHS' SERVICE. 

FRANCIS BABCOCK, son of Ephraim and Mary, born in Berlin. Etdisted 
September, 18(»2, Co. 1, M\ He;,'t. Dischar;^ed .Jnly, 1S()."), by expiration of 
term of service. 

HARRISON r. BABCOCK, son of Josiah and Betsey, born in Berlin. En- 
listed Septendier, lSt)_', Co. I, .")th Rc<r(. Discliar^jed .iiify, \H(]:], by expira- 
tion of term of service. 

WILLIAM T. BABCOCK, L'd son of .Vlbert and Mary, born in Berlin. En- 
listed September, 1S()-J, Co. I, otli Rej^t. Discharjjcd Jnly, 18fi.'l, by expira- 
tion of term ol' service. 

CHARLES H. BLISS, son ol Henry II. and iMaria, i)orn in Berlin. En- 
listed Sei)tember, 180:^, Co. I, ."itii Rej,'t. Discharged July, ix(\:\, liy expira- 
tion of term of service. 

JAMES M. BULL.VRD, son of Joel and .Judith, born in Berlin. Enlisted 
September, 18(!2, Co. I, oth Regt. Discharged .fnly, LS(;;>, by expiration of 
term of service. 

WHjLARD (i. BRUCE, musician, son of Svlvauu.'? and Hannah, lioru m 
Berlin. Eidisted September, lS(32, C^o. I, oth Regt. Discharged July, 1863, 
by expiration of term of service. 

GEORGE ELLIS, son of I'liib. and Charlotte, liorn in Berlin. Enlisted 
September, 186"J, Co. I, .jth Regt. Discharged July, 1.%:!, by expiration of 
term of service. 

HENRY R. HOLDER, musician, sun ol" .John and Caroline, born in Berlin. 
Enlisted Septcmi)cr, 1S(I2, Co. 1, .")th Regt. Discharged July, Ixtj.'i, by expi- 
ration of term of service. 

AUGUSTUS L. 1IA.STIN(;S, son of Reuben,. Jr., and Caroline, itorn in 
Lancaster. Enlisted September, IHiyJ, Co. I, ijtii Kegt. Discharged July, 
1868, by expiration of term of service. 

GEORGE W. HOWE, son of Isaac and Rebecca, born in Leominster. En- 
listed September, 1862, Co. I, oth Regt. Diseliarged .July, lM6.'{, by expiration 
of term of service. 

LEWIS T. HOWE, sou of Emphraim, .Ir., ami Susan, born in Berlin. En- 
listed September, 1862, Co. I, 5th Regt. Discharged July, 186.'^, by t-xpira- 
tion of term of service. 

FRANKLIN W. r.\GE, son of Jacoli and Maliitabel, born in South Boston. 
Enlisted September, 1.S62, Co. 1, .'>th Kegt. Discharged duly, IHCi, liy e.vpira- 
tion of term of service. 



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JOHN A. MERRILL, sou of Johvi U. and Mary H., born in Frankfort, 
Me. Enlisted September, 1862, Co. I, 5th Regt. Discharged July, 1863, by 
expiration of term of service. 

RUFUS C. SAWYER, son of Rufus and Seraph, born in Berlin. Enlisted 
September, 18C2, Co. I, 5th Regt. Discharged July, 1863, by expiration of 
term of service. 

DAVID B. WHITCOMB, son of Eleph and Harriet, born in New Ipswich, 
N. H. Enlisted September, 1862, Co. I, 5th Regt. Discharged July, 1863, 
by expiration of term of service. 

ENLISTED FOR ONE HUNDRED DAYS. 

WILLIAM T. BABCOCK. 2d son of Albert and Mary, born in Berlin. 
Enlisted July, 1864, Co. I, 5th Regt. Discharged November, 1864, by expira- 
tion of term of service. 

CHARLES A. BARTLETT, son of Amory A. and Jane, born in Berlin. 
Enlisted July, 1864, Co. I, 5th Regt. Discharged November, 1864, by expira- 
tion of term of service. 

JOSIAII W. BRIDE, son of Amos and Hannah, born in Berlin. Enlisted 
July, 1864, Co. T, 5th Regt. Discharged November, 1864, by expiration of 
term of service. 

WILLARD G. BRUCE, son of Sylvanus and Hannah, born in Berlin. En- 
listed July, 1864, Co. I, 5th Regt. Discharged November, 1864, by expira- 
tion of term of service. 

EDWARD H. HARTSHORN, son of Edward and Elizabeth, born in Ber- 
lin. Enlisted July, 1864, Co. I, 5th Regt. Discharged November, 1864, by 
expiration of terra of service. 

AUGTSTUS L. HASTINGS, son of Reuben, Jr., and Caroline, born in 
Lancaster. Enlisted July, 1864, Co. 1, 5th Regt. Discharged November, 
1864, by expiration of term of service. 

GEORGE L. HOWE, sou of Lyman and Rebecca, born in Marlborough. 
Enlisted July, 1864, Co. I, 5th Regt. Discharged November, 1864, by expira- 
tion of term of sei'vice. 

WILLIAM II. TENNEY. Enlisted July, 1864, Co. I, 5th Regt. Dis- 
charged November, 1864, by expiration of term of service. 

DAVID B. WHITCOMB, son of Eleph and Harriet, born in New Ipswich, 
N. II. Enlisted July, 1864, Co. I, 5th Regt. Discharged November, 1864, 
by expiration of term of service. 

HENRY E. BROWN, son of Ira and Amelia II., born in Berlin. Enlisted 
July, 1864, Co. T, 5th Regt. Discharged November, 1864, by expiration of 
term of service. 

FRANK E. BROWN, son of Ira and Amelia H., born in Berlin. Enlisted 
July, 1864, Co. I, 5th Regt. Discharged November, 1864, by exyiration of 
term of service. 

BENJAMIN F. WHITTEMORE. born in Virginia. Enlisted as chaplain 
July, 1862, in 53d Regt., for nine months. Discharged by expiration of term 
of service. Re-enlisted as chaplain in 30th Regt. Mass. Vols., for three years. 



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